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Architecture As Environmental Medicine 188 84lH ACSA ANNUAL MEETING DESlGNlDESlGN STUDIO 1996 Architecture as Environmental Medicine PHILLIP G.MEAD Newschool of Architecture INTRODUCTION under Caesar Augustus, because a portion of his book The Ten Books on Architecture is devoted in depth to military breach- What is the practice of architecture? How does the public ing machines and fortification design. perceive what we do and how does that differ from the way Vitruvius, as a military engineer, was essentially a castle we view ourselves? Are we artists whose ultimate goal is to maker; thus his thinking was protective in nature. Architects express the "spirit of the age" or are we plan coordinators who add a touch of zeitgeist here and there for effect. As are, in a way, castle makers who provide protection from the creators concerned with the influence buildings and land- elements, casualties, and criminal activities. Shelter, our scapes have on the public's well being and as licensed primary form of protection, is a form of preventative medi- professionals sworn to secure the health, safety and welfare cine. Likewise our skin protects our bodies from countless of the public, it's time to acknowledge a part of us that we numbers of parasitic viruses and germs. But Vitruvius' have failed to recognize or promote, that of "environmental thdung wasn't limited to protection alone; it also included physicians." Our history is rich with medical associations. ideas of sustainability (not the kind of sustainability that The first recorded architect,Irnhotep (designer ofbgZoser's focuses on responsible ecological energy production and pyramid) was also aphysician who after his death became the consumption, but sustainability as biological nourishment). god ofhealing. Some of our most revered works: The Love11 His secondary duties as a military engineer consisted of Houses, Richards Medical Laboratories, The Salk Institute finding healthy sites with clean water, air and vegetation for and the recently completed Neuroscience Institute in La Jolla, the set-up of military camps. For the remainder of this paper, were designed in collaboration with the medical community. this idea of sustainability and protection will include the If we recognize the church as a spiritual as well as physical physical as well as psychological and spiritual qualities in healer (most hospitals before the 20th century were run by design. churches) then our collaboration as builders of the houses of healing is extensive. Site Throughout history, architects have examined and em- Both protective and sustainable thinking are inherent with ployed: 1. the properties of site, 2. the art of placement, and Vitruvius' declaration in the Ten Books on Architecture that 3. the qualities of light and air to improve our health and the first priority of site design is health.' He recommends not quality of life. Thls re-examination of the historical writings building structures or cities on a valley floor or near marshes and projects that have embraced environmental health issues because bad air and swamp creatures dwell there. (The (physically, psychologically and spiritually) from ancient Asian art of placement, Feng Shui, makes a similar Marcus Vitruvius to Richard Neutra, and from recommendation in not only avoiding the hill bottom but also Christopher Alexander to the Building Codes, indicates that the top to avoid harsh winds. Vitruvius advises that once a we have contemplated health-conscious design for thousands site is chosen, cattle should graze the area for a "sufficient of years. Understandingthls history can help students develop time" after which a few should be slain to see if their livers responsible design convictions and furthermore act as a have an unhealthy discoloration. If so, then like a good springboard for research and design methodology. scientist, the architect should examine other cattle to deter- mine whether the site is ~nhealthy.~(Can soils tests today SITE, PLACEMENT, LIGHT AND AIR claim to do the same)? Protective and Sustainable Thinking Vitruvius also advises how to find and classify sites with The first theorist to address environmental health issues was health-restoring springs, declaring that sulk springs cure Marcus Vitmvius Pollio. Although little is known oflritruvius, pains in sinews and aluminous springs aid in the treatment of it is speculated that he was a high ranlung military engineer paralysis.' Today we still recognize the medicinal benefits of 84TH ACSA ANNUAL MEETING DESlGNlDESlGN STUDIO 1996 189 hot springs. Cracks and fissures in the earth, where gases and Language, which is an orderly listing of sustainable arrange- springs emerge, are places where religious healings also tend ments or "patterns." Although many consider A Pattern to occur which explains the presence of temples in these areas. Language an insult to artistic expression, its prescriptions are Throughout the centuries one religious temple has been generally backed up with scientific data or first hand observa- replaced by another, according to the dominating religion of tion, and its "patterns" (minus its construction details) are the time, on these same sacred ground^.^ flexible enough to accommodate a variety of expressions. As Even in America, Christian buildings now have replaced most of us know, and as Alexander will adrmt, A Pattern Native American healing sites. An example ofhscan be found Language is not the last word on healthy design; but it is not near San Bernardino at Arrowhead Springs located a few a bad start. hundred yards from the San Andreas Fault. It was fmt used by Native Americans as a place of healing, but, after the Anglo- Light Americans took over the region, a bath house was erected The use of light as a regenerative and purifying agent has long which claimed to cure many ailments. Through misrnanage- been recognized in health conscious design, particularly in the ment the business died, but today a religious retreat center design of temples, houses and hospitals. In the placement of called Campus Crusade for Christ occupies the site. temples, Vitruvius suggests that they face the west so that the worshipper can behold the morning sun when viewing the Placement temple and its priest.' This theatrical maneuver is a reminder The correct placement of paths and buildings with the of the regenerative role of the sun with its life-giving light. A appropriate arrangement of their parts has been a strong western orientation is archetypical, for it occurs not only in concern in the history of environmental medicine. In ancient Roman temples but also in Ancient American temples and America and Europe, environmental shamans placed plazas, Early Christian to Gothic cathedral design. Greek mythology avenues and buildings in relation to sacred geographical and reinforces the perception of light as a healer by worshipping celestial features to help nature regenerate and heal itself so Apollo and his son Aesculapius as healers. Christianity sees that, in the end, civilizations would not go h~ngry.~In Asia Jesus as the "light of the world." the ancient art of placement, Feng Shui, prescribes sustain- Abbot Sugier, the father of Gothic church design, took the able and protective advice for the correct placement of regenerative role of light one step Merwith his design of buildings and components relative to each other and to the St. Denis outside Paris. In the 1 loo's, St. Denis was the first natural environment. cathedral to extensively use stained glass. Abbot Sugier's The Ten Books on Architecture also recommends the writings show that the immaterial can be reached by way of correct placement of temples. The Temple of Mars, Vitruvius the material in the contemplation of certain pieces of art; advises, should be placed outside the walls of the city so that mainly art using reflective gems. These "small lamps," as he Mars can act as an advanced guard to protect the town from writes, can help the individual towards redemption and thus enemy attack. His advice on the placement of Vulcan's spiritual healing.8 His fondness for reflective gems in the temple outside the city walls, foreshadows today's fire codes.6 decoration of his art then carried over into his idea of installing Apparently Vulcan's ceremonial fues occasionally got out of large stained glass windows in St. Denis. control and spread to surrounding buildings. One could say Eight hundred years later, Christian Shakers in America that Vitruvius' concern with fire containment, through correct also looked to light as an aid to redemption. placement, has evolved into the complexity of today's build- Shaker Eldress Arelia Mace wrote, "Good and evil are typi- ing and fire codes. Since fire is the number one catastrophe fied by light and darkness. Therefore we bring light into a dark that plagues our buildings and since fires are known to kill and room, the darkness disappears, and insomuch as the soul is maim thousands of people each year, it is imperative that filled with good, .... evil will disappear." Shaker communal students develop a respect for the codes instead of regarding houses, even barns and chicken coops are well lit with many them as a shackle to artistic creativity. Like the building large windows and sophisticated skylights. Interiors are codes, our own body's genetic code is full of contingency painted white and trimmed with dark blue. Even interior plans for the prevention and containment of disease. Despite hallways and closets borrow light from adjacent rooms by the complexity of instructions in our genetic code, it does not inside window^.^ appear to have compromised the richness and beauty of our The purifying effect of light was also recognized by the species. Just as our own genetic code has evolved into a highly medical community around the turn of this century at the complex and redundant information system, we can only discovery that sunlight could kill bacteria.
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